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33<topic id="textsbasicshared03090102xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Select...Case Statement [Runtime]</title>
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38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39<lastedited date="2004-08-24T14:23:03">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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43<section id="selectcase">
44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149416"><bookmark_value>Select...Case statement</bookmark_value>
45<bookmark_value>Case statement</bookmark_value>
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47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149416" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090102.xhp" name="Select...Case Statement [Runtime]">Select...Case Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153896" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Defines one or more statement blocks depending on the value of an expression.</paragraph>
49</section>
50<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Select Case condition Case expression Statement Block [Case expression2 Statement Block][Case Else] Statement Block End Select</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150767" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
54<emph>Condition:</emph> Any expression that controls if the statement block that follows the respective Case clause is executed.</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150448" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">
56<emph>Expression:</emph> Any expression that is compatible with the Condition type expression. The statement block that follows the Case clause is executed if <emph>Condition</emph> matches <emph>Expression</emph>.</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Example:</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150441" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Sub ExampleRandomSelect</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152462" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">iVar = Int((15 * Rnd) -2)</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151113" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select Case iVar</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Case 1 To 5</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152597" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Print "Number from 1 to 5"</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147428" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Case 6, 7, 8</paragraph>
65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Print "Number from 6 to 8"</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153729" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Case 8 To 10</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Print "Greater than 8"</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Case Else</paragraph>
69<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Print "Out of range 1 to 10"</paragraph>
70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">End Select</paragraph>
71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph>
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